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US
/ɹiˈmɪs/
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[ UK /ɹɪmˈɪs/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪmˈɪs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
failing in what duty requires
derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
remiss of you not to pay your bills
neglectful of his duties
How To Use remiss In A Sentence
- You have been very remiss in fulfilling your obligations.
- Prisoner 651304 Hughes had been awarded three months loss of remission, plus the removal of televisual privileges for six weeks. THE SCAR
- The creeping fractures in both have been palliated by results in recent games, but the coming ones will determine whether those signs of life are indicative of temporary remission or permanent recovery.
- Although our news media are very remiss in educating the public on the great economic tragedy now unfolding, they do unwittingly disclose some frightening facts.
- Vnde missarum sacrificia, quibus uulgo dicebatur, Sacerdotem offerre Christum in remissionem poena aut culpae pro uiuis et defunctis, blasphema figmenta sunt, et pernitiosae imposturae. The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches.
- Barring miracle remission on a continental scale, only aggressive, coordinated medical relief, public health programs and public information campaigns squelch epidemics.
- The offenders' liberty, in the absence of sentence remission, would actually be restricted for a longer period than if incarcerated.
- Combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy resulted in complete resolution of the lesion and a long-term remission of more than 5 years.
- Reid gave Hume credit for taking Locke's premisses to their logical conclusion.
- Now, gif the slauchter of ane Cardinall be ane syn irremissebill, [976] as thay thair selffis affirme, and gif faith aucht not to be keipit to heretykes, as thair awin law speikis, quhat promeise can sche that is reullit be the counsall and commandyment of ane Cardinall, mak to us, that can be sure? The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)